XM1014 | Black Tie (Battle-Scarred)

The XM1014 | Black Tie (Battle-Scarred) is a Restricted shotgun skin wearing its black and white chrome finish in its roughest condition. It's the cheapest way into the formal monochrome look, trading gloss for the lowest entry price.

Design

Black Tie gives the shotgun a high-gloss black-and-white chrome treatment, a dressed-up, tuxedo-style finish that stands apart from standard camo. Nextgenz designed it as a community submission, and it's accompanied by a grimly funny in-game line: "We have Izaki and Cocinero. You need them for anything or can I just kill them now?"

XM1014 | Black Tie (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

Battle-Scarred sits at the top of the finish's float range, which is capped at 0.75 rather than the full 1.0. Because of that cap, even the roughest copies never reach the most extreme wear — the damage is heavy, with clear scratching and the chrome shine mostly gone, but the black-and-white contrast keeps the design readable rather than lost.

XM1014 | Black Tie Rarity

Rarity: Restricted — the purple tier, ranked just below Classified and one step above Mil-Spec among the standard weapon grades. It's an uncommon grade to come across.

XM1014 | Black Tie Case and Collection

This finish is drawn from The Chroma 3 Collection and is unboxed from the Chroma 3 Case, released together with the Trichromacy update in April 2016. As a group the Restricted tier drops around 16% of the time from the case (the rate is shared across the tier's skins), and because the case is retired, supply is fixed.

XM1014 | Black Tie Patterns

Since the chrome design is fixed, the paint-seed number has no bearing on the look, and there's nothing like a blue-gem roll to seek. Every copy shows the black-and-white identically, leaving wear and float as the only points of difference between them.

StatTrak & Souvenir

You can also find a StatTrak version, which adds a confirmed-kill counter; it's a scarcer, pricier drop than the standard skin from the Chroma 3 Case, and the counter is permanent — it never gets wiped through trades or sales. No Souvenir edition was ever made, because Souvenir weapons come strictly from Major-tournament packages and this collection was never one.

XM1014 | Black Tie Price

Battle-Scarred is the cheapest grade of this finish — the entry-level route to the formal chrome look for players who value the design over a glossy surface. If you want a Black Tie for as little as possible, this is the way in. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is the Battle-Scarred Black Tie still recognizable?

Yes. Even with heavy scratching and the chrome shine mostly gone, the black-and-white contrast keeps the formal design readable at a glance in-game. Battle-Scarred is about accepting visible wear for the lowest price, and the strong two-tone scheme means the finish holds its identity.

Why doesn't the Battle-Scarred Black Tie look completely trashed?

Because the finish is float-capped at 0.75 instead of the full 1.0, its Battle-Scarred copies never hit the most extreme wear. The chrome loses most of its gloss, but the bold black-and-white contrast keeps the design legible, so it stays more presentable than many finishes do at this grade.

Is Battle-Scarred a good budget pick?

It can be. If you want the formal chrome look without paying for condition, Battle-Scarred delivers the full design at the lowest price in the range. The trade-off is heavy wear and a dulled surface, which most budget-focused players find a fair compromise for the savings on offer.